USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Paria River Crossing
Two canyons, a river crossing, and nobody watching.
Surface: Sand
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hole-in-the-Rock — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Dance Hall Rock
Where pioneers blasted a road through solid rock.
USA
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Chicken Corner — Moab’s Canyon Edge Run Above the Colorado
A cliff-edge shelf run with zero margin above the Colorado.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
California
ModerateJawbone to Red Rock Canyon — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine via Last Chance Canyon
Slot canyon colors on forgotten Mojave BLM dirt.
California
ModerateBradshaw Trail — Chiriaco Summit to Blythe via Mecca Hills Desert Crossing
1862 wagon road. Still earns respect.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Fort Piute Wash
Civil War ruins and desert petroglyphs.
Arizona
ExpertNellis Wash to Pakoon Springs — Grand Canyon North Rim Volcanic Plateau
Arizona Strip solitude. No rescue coming.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Cisco Desert Road to Westwater Canyon Rim via Bitter Creek and I-70 Frontage
Ghost town to canyon rim across Utah's forgotten desert.